Disability Rights Oregon wants the state to send only felony defendants who are unable to aid in their own defense and need mental health treatment to the state psychiatric hospital — not those facing ...

An advocacy group has asked a federal judge to hold the Oregon Health Authority in contempt over what it calls its lack of urgency to the mounting human toll from the state’s worsening mental ...

A contempt ruling could force Oregon to pay significant penalties for noncompliance and compel the state to make sweeping investments in its overwhelmed mental health system. U.S. Judge Adrienne ...

Critics say current state law already pays workers ... scheduled a work session on a bill that directs the Oregon Health Authority to study mental health treatment. More than a dozen other ...

On homelessness, Kotek said the “state shelter program now supports ... has to live in a tent on a sidewalk. An Oregon where those seeking mental health services can find and afford the support ...